Pilot order — Untitled Loeb/Taylor project, tentatively titled “New Amsterdam.” Drama revolves around a New York homicide detective who’s secretly centuries old. Christian Taylor (“Six Feet Under”) and Allan Loeb (“Things We Lost in the Fire”) are writing and exec producing; Steven Pearl also is an exec producer. Regency TV is producing with Scarlet Fire Films.

Pilot order — Untitled NSA Project. David Ehrman (“JAG”) and Bob Cochran (“24″) are writing the drama, which revolves around a man who’s forced by the NSA to become a spy and keep tabs on his boss. Ehrman and Cochran will exec produce, as will Cochran’s “24” compatriots Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon. Twentieth Century Fox TV is producing.

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Casting — Brittany Ishibashi (“The Office”) has been added to the cast of “The Madness of Emma,” playing a neurology resident who works alongside the title character. The pilot, also from Surnow and Gordon, starts shooting in January.